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atelectasis

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11 lettersPronunciation /æ.tɪˈlɛk.tə.sɪs/Part of speech nounSorted aaceeilssttStarts with AEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. Collapse or incomplete expansion of part or all of a lung.

Word origin

From Ancient Greek ἀτελής (atelḗs, “incomplete”) + ἔκτασις (éktasis, “extension”), from ἐκτείνω (ekteínō, “to extend”). By surface analysis, atel- + ectasis.

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  • Atelectasis means a non-expansion of the lungs.

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